Live online chat discussion with featured community member Anne Sternberger
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Mark your calendars for the first Plantae.org live online chat discussion with featured community member Anne Sternberger!
Support your peers | Discuss plant science topics | Learn about how others work
Tuesday, June 27th at 5pm EST / 11am HST | Join: www.plantae.org/annes
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ABA is Required for Cuticle Formation Independent of Water Stress
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: On The Inside, ResearchThe waxy cuticle, a key barrier to desiccation and pathogen entry, is a dynamic structure, the composition, area, permeability and thickness of which can change in response to environmental conditions. For example, water deficit in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) triggers an increase in the accumulation…
CONSTANS Companion: CO Binds the NF-YB/NF-YC Dimer and Confers Sequence-Specific DNA Binding
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefOne of the central players in the complex regulation of flowering, CONSTANS (CO) functions as a center for integration of the various signals that determine the timing of flowering. As output, CO regulates the expression of FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) and other genes (reviewed by Shim et al., 2017). CO contains…
Secrets of the Forest: Volatiles First Discovered in Pine Trees Propagate Defense Signals Within and Between Plants
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefSystemic acquired resistance (SAR)—a plant-wide heightened state of defense following localized exposure to a pathogen—is characterized by increased salicylic acid (SA) and ROS levels and elevated expression of pathogenesis-related genes. SAR depends on ENHANCED DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY1 (EDS1), which…
An Inside Scoop on Interviewing to be an Assistant Professor
Blog, Careers, Finding Your Next Position, Postdocsby Kyaw Aung
Looking for an Assistant Professorship, or just thinking about it? Here is an excellent article by someone who was recently on the job hunt and who has also had the chance to look at the hiring process from the other side. The article is full of important tips about what to expect and…
The SingAboutScience.org database: An educational resource for instructors and students
Blog, Education, Education General, GP Multimedia, Multimedia, Multimedia, Younger Children
Setting something to music is a well-known method for supporting learning (think about the alphabet song that you learned as a child). Gregory J. Crowther has assembled a searchable database of science-themed songs, along with lesson plans and suggestions for how to use songs in your teaching.…
Applications open for 2017-2018 Plantae Fellows
Blog, Careers, Careers - BlogAre you a creative, articulate and web-savvy plant scientist looking to connect with other like-minded folks? We need your help to nurture and grow Plantae, the online community for the global plant science community. We are looking for individuals who are interested in being highly engaged contributors…
The new Plantae: When we are connected, good things can happen
BlogPlantae makes it easy to communicate with plant scientists from around the globe about anything related to research, careers, grants and other plant biology topics.
Here are some things you can do:
Set up a network for your lab or project team
Curate, review, annotate, and co-author content
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Recognizing featured Plant Cell first authors, May 2017
Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesJennifer Wisecaver, featured first author of A Global Co-expression Network Approach for Connecting Genes to Specialized Metabolic Pathways in Plants
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University.
Education: PhD (2012) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,…